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JN59V1* Vim-. y ;• -7-V aseswe * * y^5 ^ ^r^^^y^«rvr< ^ ,v,%* *11#, ": v' T\ (-•-. iv/^\r."T4^'f\ifT-^"'"Kvr,'it:'^'*-:^-'af'**>-"f'",w,';. *" ' ' *•-- -~ .V; -V Vv •' v»' / V * M' - ; , **R' > '*.'?•" - **" ,„*" \.'j»£, * " -'*• •w'* . nf-t-; :'!'». #>: 1. •Viixa'- !**;••»*#• .•' Kunwuk , January Our vrtr<»v WtHhmgtonf^i Letter . ' '• • • '><• --By-" - ••"•• •• •*• * National Editorial Association Washington, January 29--Our place in the war-torn world is still uncertain. Congressional committees are m-angling over policy matters while tempers are rubbed raw by acrimonious debate in legislative and other veteran Capitol Hill leaders are un- ; veteran Capitpl Hill leaders are unable to forecast what form of a lend-* lease bill will emerge from the legislative machine. With public hearings drawing to an end, the House ..will soon have its say before the Senate takes over. The subject is a lively issue which rates first place in private .conversations so that now the stock inquiry is "Do you think we will get into the war, and, if so, when?" It is almost as common aa the bromide about the weather in opening remarks. Judging from the noise, a visitor •would assume that Congress is com- , pletely occupied with the proposal to implement the Presidential powers. The fact is that other activities of the national legislature are operating on even keel but without the fanfare of publicity trumpets. The House Committee on Appropriations is diligently attempting to work out the problems of allocating funds necessary for running the Federal government during the next fiscal year. The House Committee on Ways and Means, which initiates revenue measures, is patient- 1 ly waiting for plans from the Treasury and other fiscal experts. These recommendations will not be forthcoming until the taxpayers make their final returns for the past year on March lS. The procedure is necessary so that the government may know what income it may expect from this source before proposing new and addi- j tional levies. The tremendous expenditures for defense running into bil-1 lions indicates that either tax rates | on individuals and corporations will be hiked or untapped sources explored in the search for money needed to keep things moving. Sometime before tfie deadline for filing income tax returns, it is expect- j ed that millions will suddenly become conscious of defense costs. The dedefense tax rate of ten per cent must be paid this year and chances favor a higher assessment to meet the everincreasing costs for preparedness. In the majority of states local tax collectors must be paid at the same time. The Council of State Governments meeting here last week approved a plan of the Treasury for a national commission to devise an integrated tax program for State, Federal and local governments. Details of this scheme and for better co-ordination in relief matters will be submitted to state legislatures now in session. If additional evidence were needed as to the headaches involved in solving the housing problem the report of the National Resources Planning Board, submitted a day or two ago, brought this puzzle into sharp relief. It is estimated that more than 2,- 500,000 non-farm homes are needed to make good the housing shortage and this does not include requirements for defense housing. The official report admits that the Federal government has no concrete answer ready. Despite the fact that approximately 1,- 100,000 homes have been built since 1937 the shortage persists in all localities. The Federal report finds that high land values, high building and maintenance costs, high financing charges, and high taxes all make the cost of ndw housing high and discourage its construction. It is recommended that government aid should be extended to provide good housing for people in the lower income groups. Conceding that "immediate or quick solutions are not possible" the National Resources Planning Board expresses the hope that "a continued attack in many sectors, often on a trial and error basis, will work toward a better situation." While this official suggestion eliminates mention of the defense housing projects, this phase of government building is an important part of the general picture. This week the Price Division of the Advis- - ory Defense Commission has publicly attacked the lumber manufacturers for boosting prices on building materials used for government structures. The suppliers of lumber counter-attacked with the staetment that the Army's demand for speedy deliveries forced contractors to raid local lumber dealers' yards in the vicinity of camps. It is pointed out that the government's failure to give due notice of its lumber requirements brought about this unusual situation and a shortage in many localities. The"scarc ity of lumber raised prices tp private consumers, while the government obtained preferred quotations. Other branches of the building trades likewise insist that the Federal government is a competitor for skilled work ers and make it impossible for contractors to utilize labor on private projects. Some government officials are threatening to take over the lumber industry in order to scare the trade into filling orders ahead of private home builders. The United States Army though in the World War only a short period required the equivalent of six billion feet of lumber. How to build homes and cantonments without the government outbidding the citizen is something which must be solved shortly. Yet, it is only one phase <tf the questions ahead. ersonm THIS SEAT'S RESERVED It happened at a wild party. Shortly after midnight, a jealous wife went round looking for her husband. Finally she found him sitting in the kitchen, with a heavy blonde parked on his lap. So big was this blonde that, as she sat on the man's lap, she practiqally concealed him from view. The jealous wife faced the blonde. "Pardon m£," she stated icily, "but you happen to be sitting on a married man's lap!" The blonde arose hurriedly. "Oh, I beg your pardon/' she apologized. "I didn't know thia seat was taken!" -'v:r'v; Bad Weather Coming A man whose sentences were so numerous that more than half his life had been spent in prison arrived once more to be in the governor's charge. / "What, here again?" said the governor. "What's it for this time?" "Well, Guv'nor," replied the prisoner, "Just look at the weather." dead First Lady--So you are on a submarine. What do you do? Sailor--Oh, I run forward, ma'am, and hold her nose down when we want to take a dive. DIDN'T TAKE If TO HEART "When, he refused to marry her did she take it much to heart?" "No--took it to court." That's Easy Client -- Why, it's outrageous! You're taking 75 per cent of the money! Lawyer -- Well, my skill, legal training and experience got you the money. Client--But I was the victim! Lawyer--Bosh! Anybody could get hit by a car! Accepted). Manager--Are you sure you are qualified to lead a jazz orchestra? Applicant--Absolutely. I've had two nervous breakdowns, was shellshocked in France, and I live in an apartment above a family with twelve noisy children. Bat What If He Mores? Second (to boxer who has just finished a round, and has both eyes closed)--You must go in and finish him this time. Boxer--I can't see to hit him. Second--Well, you must hit him from memory. * Pretty Clothes < , She--The Brownes must1 be awfully rich, judging from the clothes they wear. He--Oh! One can never tell. Some of the most gorgeous flowers haven't got a scent. Feet Are Feet "So you're a young man with both feet on the ground, eh? What do you do for a living?" "I take orders from a man with both feet on the desk." A Woman's Right "When I was twenty-one T a resolution to get rich." "You haven't done so, anyway." "No; I found it was easier to change my mind." WOULD NO LONGER SPEND 1 Mr. and Mrs. William Burke and Melvin Walsh attended the funeral for Harry Lawton which was held Friday afternoon at Elgin. The Otto Adams returned home last Wednesday after enjoying a .few weeks in Florida. Mrs. John R. Knox, accompanied by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Hany Geary of Grayslake, visited the latter's husband at St. ThereSe's hospital, Waukegan, last Thursday. Mr. Geary submitted to an operation on Monday of last week following a fall. Mrs. Walter Waner and daughter, Joan, of Elgin were callers in Mc- Ilenry Sunday evening. Miss Sylvia Snyder spent the weekend at her home in Janesville, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith of Chicago were weekend guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday. Miss Alice Ann Ryan of Chicago was the guest of Miss Marie Ropp this past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Frett of Chicago were weekend guests in the Ferlinand Frett home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walsh, Mrs. Geo. Phalin and Mrs. John Phalin called on John Bolger and Geo. Phalin, both of whom are confined to Sacred Heart sanitorium in Milwaukee, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Kosinski of Elgin were weekend guests in the home of her mother, Mrs. Agnes Marshall. James Boyle arrived in McHenry Monday morning from Jacksonville, Fla., having been called by the death of his sister, Miss Lola Boyle. Mr. and Mrs. Albert McEwan of Chicago spent last week in the Ferdinand Frett home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wattles returned to their home in McHenry Saturday evening after a vacation in California. v Angelo and Laura Unti left Chicago Wednesday aboard the streamliner, '"City of Miami," for - Dayton a Beach, Fla., whei-e they are joining their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Unti. Angelo, a student at Loyola university in Chicago, spent a few days at McHenry prior to his departure. He will not return to the university until September. 1941. Miss Lillian Vales and Albert Vales, Jr., of Chicago were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales. Miss Marjorie Duker of DeKalb spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Duker. Miss Shirley Covalt is spending several weeks at Miami, Fla. She boarded the "City of Miami" St Chicago on Wednesday of last week. Chester Colby, who is a sophomore at the University of Illinois in Champaign, returned Friday to spend s week at his home here. Mrs. Clara Cristy and Mrs. Clinton Martin attended a meeting of the Women's organization of the Barrington Methodist church at Barrington Tuesday. They represented the Ringwood Indies' Aid. RINGWOOD CHURCH NOTES The Worship Service at the Ringwood Methodist church at 9:30 Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. J. L. McKelvey, has prepared a sermon entitled "The Purpose of the Church." The parish boasts a fine choir of young people who are directed by Mrs. Kenneth Cristy. Wayne FOBS is the organist. The Sunday School will begin at 10:30 a. m. Sunday. A great responsibility on parents today is to see that every child receives religious instruction. •••/in 'For My Mother* William Cline of Omaha, 76, bent and deaf, asked the Goodwill Shop for a wheel chair. "For yourself or your wife?" asked the attendant "For my mother," he replied. Cline explained his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Cline, Wisner, Neb., 108 years old last Valentine day, had suffered a broken hip in a fall last July. Until then she bad been active, Hegpt * Ami chair. %, Friend--How much is your son going to spend in school? Dad--Not another day--I've sent him the last dollar he's going to get from me! Housing Shortage Magistrate--It has been proved that you burglariously entered thi» house three times in one week. What have you to say? Prisoner--Only that the shortage of houses is something awfpl, sir w Technicolor Not New Color is not new in pictures. London showed the first color film in 1909. The same picture was on exhibition in New York later that year. Diver Well Paid Fifteen thousand dollars ft yssr and one dollar per foot for ev6ry foot over 100 feet in dives he made was paid a diver working on foundati «^of the S» Jtepasco Bay | CjABBY QERTIE "On the road to film fame it's the producer who pays the fair." ^ DEBUNKER By John Harney Furbay, Ph.D. GREAT DANES ARE NOT OF DANISH ORIGIN In spite of their name, Great Dane dogs have no connection with anything Danish. They are of German origin, being a cross breed between the mastiff and the greyhound, com bining the strength of the former and the speed of the latter. Great Danes were originally used for coach dogs and for hunting purposes, being companion dogs of beauty. They were originally called -German boarhounds. (Public Ledger--WKU Servtee.) Early Care of £ Great Aid in Mental Cases TODAY'S By DR. JAMES W. BARTON (Released by Weatern Newspaper Union.) ONE of the great ~helps to health of. today is the periodic examination given free to policyholders by insurance companies. Any defect is discovered early and whether it be seri- ,ous or slight the knowledge that it is present enables the individual to have it corrected in most cases or enables him to live safely despite the defect. The day is about at hand when insurance examiners and other physicians will take note of early mental symptoms just as they do of physical symptoms and many early mental patients will never need to enter a mental institution for treatment. Today it is recognized that mental symptoms can be Dr. Barton due t0 heredity, surrounding circumstances, infection and other conditions. Doctors Carney Landis, Columbia university, and James D. Page, University of Rochester, in their book, "Modern Society and Mental Disease" state that in the United States there are 60,000 patients undergoing treatment in mental institutions and their figures show that at least one person out of every 20 will become a mental hospital patient at some time. While the above are startling figures it is reassuring to remember that of every 10 patients entering a mental hospital at least six are cured and able to return to work. It has been found that whether the treatment given these mental patients is of the usual type--rest, some occupation and some straightening out of the tangled skein in their minds by careful questioning and answering--or whether of the new type of putting the patient under insulin or metrazol "shock, the best results are obtained the earlier the treatment is given. Another point in keeping with the apparent increase in heart disease, apoplexy and cancer is that the increase in mental disease is due to a considerable extent to the fact that more people are living longer today than in any previous period. • • • Fat Foods Goo# ' For Epileptics T HAD a patient suffering with epi- * lepsy whom I kept free of attacks by washing out his stomach twice each week. He did not have a single attack during the many months of this treatment. He was transferred to another city, stopped the treatment, and again had his epileptic attacks. Naturally I felt that the digestive apparatus--liver or stomach-- had something to do with the cause of epilepsy, so was not surprised when research workers discovered that the hetogenic diet-- poor in starch foods and rich in fat foods--was of help in preventing attacks of epilepsy. Dr. H. M. Keith, Montreal, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that ketogenic diet, producing large amounts of diacetic acid in the urine, is a satisfactory method of treating epilepsy. Dr. Keith has treated 160 patients satisfactorily over a period of fronflr one to nine years. Of these, 36 per cent remained entirely free of at* tacks of any type so far as is knowQ to themselves or to their parents; 21 per cent were improved, having only an occasional attack; 43 per cent were not benefitted, although they carried out instructions fully. Therefore with the ketogenic diet alone, one-third of the epileptic chili: dren can be made free frqm attacks, and from 50 to 60 per cent can be improved. Diet Control Necessary. A, ketogenic diet, to be effective* must be rigidly controlled and should be a weighed diet. It is necessary that in the diet the proportion of the fats to the starches should be three of fat foods (butter, cream, egg yolks) to one of starchea (bread, potatoes, sugar) instead of the diet for normal individuals which is just the opposite, that is one of fat foods to three (or four) ot starch foods Dr. Keith points out also the necessity for healthy outdoor exercise, and sufficient rest. VOLO QUESTION BOX Q.--Are extracts of liver as effective as liver itself for anaemia? A.--Yes. Q.--What is the cause of white marks on the fingernails of a 13- year-old boy whose general health is good? A.--Skin specialists tell us that these lines usually follow an illness and may be due to lack of lime hi the system. Foods rich in liine are milk, cheese, leafy vegetables, or* Miss Margaret Bagnowski of Blue Island, 111., spent the weekend here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wirt*. Robert Burtt of Crystal Lake spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker. Edward Wiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser, has enlisted in the National Guard- and will leave soon. Wedding bells are ringing in this community for one of our popular young men, John Joseph Wagner. , Mrs. Catherine Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and daughter of Slocum Lake spent Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rossman and son, Gene, of Crystal Lake spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser, Sr., and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz and family and Mr. and Mrs. LJoyd Fisher attended a farewell party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilkerson and family at the Libertyvijle high school Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibbs of Ring* wood-, spent the past week here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gibbs. Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., of Wauconda and Mrs. Albert Hafer of Fremont township spent Tuesday afternooon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Anthony Wegener, Jr., returned to his home here Friday from St. Therese's hospital. Mrs. Pearl Dowell and daughter, Ada, and Mrs. Sarah Fisher spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis at Slocum" Lake. Mrs. Ellwood Dowell and son spent Tuesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Boucher, at Libertyville. Mrs. Russell Gibbs and baby son returned to their home here Saturday from St. Therese hospital, Waukegan Mrs. Frank St. George called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard TT»nln> in Evanston Thursday. Mi< and Mrs. Walter Vasey and son attended a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grabbe at Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Mrs. Frank Wilson and daughter, Beatrice, took ^their lesson on "Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick", at the Lake County 'Home Bureau office on Friday. The Volo unit of the Lake County Home Bureau is sponsoring a card party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher Saturday evening, February 1. The public is cordially invited. William Wirtz and son, Marvin. Herman Dunker, Harry Matthews and James Davis attended a pure bred Holstein sale St Waukesha, Wis., Fri-, day. JOHNSBTTRG hundred dob Wednesday afternoon. • Prises were limited by Mrs. Charles Mlriiels, »Xrs. Steve May and lbs. Miller. * Miss Irene Smith spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives up north. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zollner of Chicago spent Tuesday with Art Peters. Mrs. Mamie King is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund in Chicago. Bud Meyers was a Woodstock caller Saturday afternoon. Miss Katie Pitzen of Chieago spent a few days in the home of her father, John Pitzen. Bill Meyers and Edward Huff were Woodstock callers Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frett of Chicago spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. Delia Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schaefer of Waukegan were Sunday callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Mr. and Mw. George Zarnstorff of Woodstock called on Mr. 'and Mrs. Jake Thiel Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls and Mrs. George King and daughter, Marie, were Wauconda callers Sunday afternoon. M». Matt Freund of McHenry entertained the members of the P.-T. A. of Lily Lake. Cards and bunco wereplayed and prizes were won by Mrs. Williams in cards and Mrs. Schovni and Mrs. Wegener in bunco. A lovely lunch was served to about twelve guests. Those present were Mrs. Wilbert Swanson, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Schovni, Mrs. George Wegener. Mrs. Besicker, Mrs. Wiefcr. Helen Dovell, Mrs. Seyfferth, Mrs. Bransford and' Mrs. Einspar. The next meeting of the P.-T. A. will be held on February 6 at the home of Mrs. Walter Einspar* at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Claude McDermott were dinner guests at the home of ' Mr. and Mrs. Sarle Saturday, in Chicago. Mrs. I. Lavin was a Chicago visitor- Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harder spent Wednesday and Thursday at their cot* tage at Lily Lake. Roy Hobbs was a Chicago visitor Thursday. Stewart Grout of • Chicago visited' at the home of Mr. and Mth. Thorn** Klabough Monday. - V ' Misses Violet and Rita Stilling called on their mother, Mrs. Ben Stilling, at Hartland hospital Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Schmitt are spending a Jew weeks down in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls and Mrs. George King were Woodstock callers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Freund of Waukegan spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Fred Smith was a Chicago caller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. "John Shaefer and Anton M. Schmitt and son, Francis, motored to Florida Monday. Mrs. Joe King entertained the five PICTURING HOBBIES .2s?*' hobbles make good pictures--and almost any hobby MWrs fine material for a "story" sequence. Let eech shot explain some step--that method makes sense to your young model. YOUNGSTERS' hobbles make ex- * cellent snapshot material--end almost any boy or girl will take to the Idea of hobby pictures. IF yon offer a good story Idea That story Idea Is Important because kids have realistic minds-- they insist that a picture mean something. A snapshot Jnst for the lake of snapping doesn't Interest them--they want the picture to have a good, clear point. However, that's actually simpler than it may sound--tor the hobby itself offers an outline tor your ploture sequence. Consider stamp-collecting, for example. Tonll want a Shot of the boy at the mall-box. or meeting the postman, to receive a packet of new stamps You'll want to show him as he spreads oat the treasures and examines them. Then, too, a shot as he makes a water-mark test os one. And. of eonrse, other shots as they're hinged into the stamp album, each at the correct spot It you can get two young colleotors together, sell them the Idea oC a "swapping session." You'll get good action, and good expressions. Let one make an offer; the other reject It contempuously with "Aw, I got a mlll-yun of those!" Picture another offer, the acceptance, the removal of the stamp from the album-- and, finally, the rueful yoongster as he surveys the empty spot on the page. This Is a method that will work for practically all children, sad practically all hobbles. And, the pictures are successful because each tells s story. Whatever your boy or girl does--model-maktag. drawing, dog-dresses, toy railway operations, oollectlons of bugs, butterflies, stones, arrowheads, stamp*, or what-have-you--there's a gold mine for good snapshots. Try It--and see that your young mode) receives a complete set ot good prints for his own. Then you'll always receive a welcome when*yoa eome back to take more pictures. John van Guilder-" in HellyiMor Mack' Sennett, who made bathing beauties and Hollywood famous^ never made any pictures in Hollywood. His studio was in Edendale. Draining Properly To take care of drains properlyt use one-half pound of washing soda in two gallons of boiling water and flush pipes frequently. A pint of kerosene poured into a stopped-up drain and allowed to set over night, wfll open the stoppage. I save ^time " '• ; '